Dezeen promotion: designjunction is set to host specialist lighting trade show lightjunction from 18 to 21 September 2014. More about Lightjunction to make second appearance at London Design Festival in 2014
Thousands of ceramic poppies have been planted around the Tower of London for tomorrow's centenary marking the start of the First World War (+ slideshow). More about Porcelain poppies surround the Tower of London to commemorate World War I
Dezeen and MINI Frontiers: architect Pernilla Ohrstedt's stand design for the Dezeen and MINI Frontiers exhibition will visualise the 3D data driverless cars use to navigate, which she claims will gradually produce a "perfect" digital model of our cities. More about Driverless cars will "capture a virtual replica of the real world," says Pernilla Ohrstedt
London Design Festival 2014: London designer Michael Sodeau has created a lightweight circular chair from Hypetex, a coloured carbon-fibre material developed by racing car engineers. More about Michael Sodeau uses Formula 1 engineering to create carbon-fibre Halo chair
News: London architecture firms Karakusevic Carson and David Chipperfield have been granted planning permission for two hexagonal towers on an estate in the city's borough of Hackney (+ slideshow). More about David Chipperfield and Karakusevic Carson granted permission for Hackney towers
Dezeen promotion: UK design show designjunction will bring together showrooms across central London to form the West End Design Quarter during this year's London Design Festival. More about West End Design Quarter returns to London Design Festival 2014
News: these new images by Foster + Partners reveal a pair of skyscrapers proposed by the firm for San Francisco's rapidly developing Transbay area. More about Foster + Partners unveils skyscraper duo for San Francisco's Transbay area
British firm DSDHA has created a new studio and gallery for ceramic artist Edmund de Waal within the shell of a converted munitions warehouse in south London (+ slideshow). More about DSDHA creates light-filled warehouse studio and gallery for Edmund de Waal
A gabled brick facade with a three-metre-high door fronts this former mews house in east London, renovated by architect Cassion Castle as a private studio for a photographer (+ slideshow). More about Photography studio by Cassion Castle takes over an east London mews house
Brightly coloured signs adorned with words related to "love in all its forms" decorate this architectural installation that designers Morag Myerscough and Luke Morgan have created for a summer festival in London (+ slideshow). More about Temple of Agape by Morag Myerscough and Luke Morgan celebrates love with neon signage
News: London art college Goldsmiths has unveiled plans for a new gallery in a converted bathhouse, designed by London architecture collective Assemble. More about Assemble wins competition for new art gallery at Goldsmiths college
Royal College of Art graduate Offer Canfi has envisioned a future for cycling in which inductive bicycle lanes could be used to wirelessly charge electric bikes and other devices on the go. More about Flux bicycle kit by Offer Canfi wirelessly charges electronic devices
Studio Gil used a combination of exposed concrete and reclaimed iroko wood to unite the interior of this extension to a Victorian terraced house in east London with its redeveloped garden. More about Concrete extends from the kitchen into the garden of Studio Gil's London house extension
British architect Guy Hollaway used rusty steel mesh, silvery larch and grey cement fibreboard to clad this house on Dungeness beach – the only place in Britain officially classified as a desert (+ slideshow). More about Pobble House by Guy Hollaway is a holiday home on Dungeness beach
Behind a dark brickwork exterior, this suburban home by British studio Snook Architects features a double-height entrance lobby, a rugged stone fireplace and a skylight that covers an entire corridor (+ slideshow). More about Snook Architects combines brick and concrete for suburban house in Liverpool
Opinion: Glasgow's Commonwealth Games is the latest major international sports event to be mired in controversy over the relocation of residents to make way for grand urban projects and "regeneration", says Neil Gray. More about "Regeneration is simply a sugar-coated euphemism for gentrification"
News: the design firm that claimed Thomas Heatherwick's Olympic cauldron bore "a striking resemblance" to its own work and this week received a financial settlement may never have shown images of its concept to London's Olympic organisers, it has emerged. More about Atopia "not going to answer" questions over Olympic images
A spine of steel framework runs the length of this Greek restaurant in London by Athens designers K-studio (+ slideshow). More about OPSO restaurant by K-studio references "old Athenian eateries"
British designer Max Lamb has used latex curtains and London Underground railings inside a new east London boutique for fashion brand Opening Ceremony (+ slideshow). More about Max Lamb surrounds Opening Ceremony boutique with "lustrous" latex rubber curtains
News: London 2012 Olympics organisers have agreed an out-of-court settlement with American firm Atopia following a legal dispute over the iconic 2012 cauldron design by Thomas Heatherwick. More about Dispute over 2012 Olympic cauldron design settled out of court